Ezekiel was commissioned by God to be a watchman to warn His people when danger approaches. In the 20th Century we witnessed the fulfillment of many prophecies God gave thousands of years ago. One of those prophecies was that spiritual deception would abound. Another was that God would bring His people, the Jews, back to their land and the whole world would worry themselves with it.

God promised Abraham that He
would bless those who bless Israel and curse those who curse Israel (Genesis
12:3). Genesis 15:18 says, “In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I
given this land, from the river of Egypt (the Wadi El Arish) unto the great
river, the river Euphrates.”

Everyone
has heard of The Battle of Armageddon mentioned in Revelation. However, what
people don’t understand about that battle is that it is a final attempt by the
whole world to “divide my (the Lord’s) land.” Joel 3:2 says, “I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down
into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people
and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and
parted my land.”

Each of these men have pointed
out that within 24 to 48 hours of our government “making progress,” in moving
the process forward in the land for peace policy, some catastrophe has hit our
country. Nine of the ten biggest disasters listed on FEMA’s website occurred
within 24 hours of our efforts to “divide the land” of Israel. (* see below).
Here is a list drawn from their books. Exercise your own discernment in these
“coincidences”.

#1 - On Oct. 30, 1991, George H.W. Bush announced, at the
Madrid Peace Conference, a change in US policy on peace in the Middle East. The
change was called land for peace. The US government was now advocating the
division of the land Israel “occupied” between Israel and a future Palestinian
State. As Bush was delivering his speech, the “Perfect Storm” flooded the Bush
home in Maine with 30-foot waves.

#2 -On Aug 24, 1992, round six of the Madrid Peace effort
began in DC. The Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin agreed to the policy of
land for peace. On that same day, Hurricane Andrew struck south Florida causing
$1.8 billion in damage.

#3 – From April 1993 through August 1993, a peace agreement was
being negotiated that would cede part of the Promised Land to the Palestinians.
During this same period, flood levels were occurring in the Midwest that had
not been seen in 500 years.

#4 – On January 17, 1994, President Clinton met with Syrian
President Assad to discuss the return of the Golan Heights. On that same day an
earthquake registering 6.7 hit Northridge, CA causing almost $7 billion in
damage. Why Northridge? Also scheduled that day, and in that area, was a gay
pride parade that had to be cancelled.

#5 -On January 21, 1998, Prime Minister Netanyahu is rudely
treated at the White House. Both President Clinton and Secretary of State
Albright refuse to have lunch with him. A few hours later the Lewinsky scandal
broke in the media, which crippled the Clinton Presidency for the rest of his
tenure.

#6 -On September 28, 1998, Secretary of State Albright
finishes the details of an agreement for Israel’s cession of 13% of Judea and
Samaria. On that same day Hurricane George hits the US Gulf Coast and stalls.
Also on that day, Clinton met with and Netanyahu to finalize the deal. After
the meeting, Arafat addressed the UN on the subject of declaring a Palestinian State
by May 1999. As soon as Arafat left the country Hurricane George subsided. FEMA
reported the total cost of damages at $2.25 billion.

#7 -From October 15-22, 1998. On October 15 Arafat meets
with Clinton and Netanyahu at the Wye River Plantation in Maryland again to
talk about the cession of 13% of Judea and Samaria. The talks were supposed to
last for five days. On October 17 torrential rains and tornadoes hit southern
Texas. The storms subside on October 22. Clinton declared that area of Texas a major
disaster area. Damage was estimated to be over $1 billion.

#8 -On December 12, 1998, Clinton landed in a Palestinian
controlled section of Israel to discuss the “land for peace” policy. On that
same day Congress voted four articles of impeachment against him.

#9 -On May 3, 1999, Yasser Arafat was scheduled to declare a
Palestinian State with Jerusalem as its capital. On that same day the most
powerful tornado ever to hit the US swept across Oklahoma and Kansas. Winds
were clocked at 316 miles per hour. Clinton urged Arafat to delay his
announcement until December.

#10 -During the week of October 11, 1999, Jewish settlers were
evicted from the West Bank at the urging of the US in its land for peace
policy. During the same week the Dow Jones lost 5.7% of its value in the worst
week since 1989. On October 15 the Dow lost 266 points and a hurricane slammed
into North Carolina. On October 16, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocked the
California desert but did little damage.

#11 -On June 5, 2001, George W. Bush sent George Tenet to
Israel to implement limits on the use of Israeli land. On the afternoon of that
same day Tropical Storm Allison formed off the coast of Texas and moved ashore
at Galveston and Houston. So much rain fell that it became known as the “Great
Flood of 2001.” FEMA said the costs of the storm came to almost $1.4 billion.

#12 -On September 10, 2001, George W. Bush prepared to announce
his plans for a Palestinian State.

The New York Times of October 2,
2001 carried an article titled “Before Attacks, U.S. Was Ready to Say It Backed
Palestinian State.”

“Before the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, the Bush
administration was on the verge of announcing a Middle East diplomatic
initiative that would include United States support for the creation of a
Palestinian state, administration officials said, and it is now weighing how to
revive the plan.”

On September 11, well, you know
the rest.

#13 -On April 30, 2003, the “Quartet” (USA, Russia, the E.U.,
and the U.N.) kicked off plans for dividing off a large section of the Promised
Land to make room for a Palestinian State. According to the Wikipedia entry for
the first week of May, 2003, “There
were 401 tornado reports in 19…. More severe weather broke out this week alone
than any other week in U.S. history. The old record for most tornado reports in
one week was 171 during the week of the May 1995 Tornado Outbreak Sequence.”

#14 -On August 23, 2005, the Israeli government completed the
removal of Israeli settlers from Gaza. This was done under pressure from the
Bush administration. On that same day Hurricane Katrina formed in the Atlantic
and before the hurricane subsided it had resulted in the removal of a
percentage of the American population from our Gulf coast equal to the Israeli
population that was removed from Gaza. The Bush presidency was never the same
after Katrina, and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a stroke from
which he has never recovered.

#15 -During the week of July 23, 2007, Quartet envoy Tony Blair
traveled to the Middle East to continue the peace process begun at the
Annapolis Conference to trade land for peace. During that week the world
financial system began its meltdown from which it has never recovered.

#16 -On April 19, 2010, Israel celebrated its independence. The
Jewish lunar calendar does not coincide with our calendar so the observance of
their independence day, Passover, or any other Jewish holiday falls on a
different day in our calendar. On the same day Israel was celebrating its
independence, President Obama announced that the US would not “automatically”
support Israel in the UN. This was a fundamental departure from past American
policy. On the next day, the Deep Water Horizon oil well exploded in the Gulf
of Mexico, creating the worst oil spill in US history.

These “coincidences” go on and
on. The authors named above have counted up to 90 “coincidences.” At some point
one must ask the question, “Is God telling us something?” Even Pavlov’s dogs
got his message. It is true that on any given day a weather, earthquake,
financial downturn, or other disastrous event will occur somewhere in the
world. However, the common points in these coincidences is that it happens
within 24 hours, it happens to the party “cursing” Israel, and it is a VERY
serious event.

* Top Ten Natural Disasters

Ranked By FEMA Relief Costs

Event

Year

FEMA Funding

Hurricane Katrina
(AL, LA, MS)

2005

$7.2 billion*

Northridge Earthquake
(CA)

1994

$6.961 billion

Hurricane Georges
(AL, FL, LA, MS, PR, VI)

1998

$2.251 billion

Hurricane Ivan
(AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, NJ, NY, PA, TN, WVA)

2004

$1.947 billion**

Hurricane Andrew
(FL, LA)

1992

$1.813 billion

Hurricane Charley
(FL, SC)

2004

$1.559 billion**

Hurricane Frances
(FL, GA, NC, NY, OH, PA, SC)

2004

$1.425 billion**

Hurricane Jeanne
(DE, FL, PR, VI, VA)

2004

$1.407 billion**

Tropical Storm Allison
(FL, LA, MS, PA, TX)

2001

$1.387 billion

Hurricane Hugo
(NC, SC, PR, VI)

1989

$1.307 billion

*Amount obligated from the President's Disaster Relief Fund for FEMA's
assistance programs, hazard mitigation grants, federal mission assignments,
contractual services and administrative costs as of March 31, 2006.
Figures do not include funding provided by other participating federal
agencies, such as the disaster loan programs of the Small Business
Administration and the Agriculture Department's Farm Service Agency. Note:
Funding amounts are stated in nominal dollars, unadjusted for inflation.

**Amount obligated from the President's Disaster Relief Fund for FEMA's
assistance programs, hazard mitigation grants, federal mission assignments,
contractual services and administrative costs as of May 31, 2005.
Figures do not include funding provided by other participating federal
agencies, such as the disaster loan programs of the Small Business Administration
and the Agriculture Department's Farm Service Agency. Note:
Funding amounts are stated in nominal dollars, unadjusted for inflation.

Philippians 2:5-8: Jesus
"being in the form of God" (i.e., deity), did not consider it
something to cling to, but emptied himself of his divine glory and
perogatives, NOT his divine nature, and took UPON his divine form
"the form of a servant" (i.e., humanity), in order to suffer
death.

John 1:1,14: "In the
beginning was (eternally) the Word and the Word was with God (i.e., the
Father and Holy Spirit), and the Word was God (deity)." "And
the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us."

Hebrews 1:3 and 2:9-18:
Jesus is the "EXACT REPRESENTATION of His (God's) VERY BEING"
(NWT). No creature could possibly do that! But, Jesus set aside his
infinite glory to become one of us so that he could be to us an, example
in faith, the perfect sacrifice, our High Priest, Comforter, and
Saviour.

Who Is The "Angel Of
Jehovah?"

Genesis 16:7-13

Genesis
18:1,13,17,20-22,26,33; 19:24

Genesis 22:11-18

Genesis 31:11-13

Genesis 32:24-30 (compare
Hosea 12:4,5)

Genesis 48: 15,16

Exodus 3:1-15 (compare vs.
5 with Joshua 5: 14,15)

Exodus 23:20,21

Judges 6:11-23

Note: In these passages the "Angel of Jehovah" speaks as
Jehovah, is called Jehovah, does the works of Jehovah, and is worshipped by
those to whom He appears. He is Jesus, the Son of God. "Angel" means
"messenger" and is applied to the angelic beings, men (evangelists),
and to God (see above)

Answers To Common
Antitrinitarian Prooftexts

John 14:28 "My Father
is greater than I." Just as the husband is positionally greater
than the wife so the Father is greater the the Son. Both husband and
wife are equally human as the Father and Son are equally divine.

Colossians 1:15 "the
Firstborn of all creation." "Firstborn" (Gr. Prototokos),
not "first created" (Gr. "Protoktistos"). Firstborn
is term that means first in importance. These scriptures bear that out:
Genesis 41:51,52 with Jeremiah 31:9; Deuteronomy 21:15-17; Exodus 4:22;
and Job 18:13.

Revelation 3:14 "the
beginning of the creation of God." We derive many words such as
architect, archangel, arch-rival, from the Greek word "arche"
translated "beginning" in this verse. It means
"origin," "source," "chief," and
"ruler." Jesus is the origin of ALL, or the creator.

THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GOD

He Is Called God

Acts 5:3,4 Lying to the
Spirit is lying to God

II Corinthians 3:17
"The Lord is that Spirit." (compare this with Exodus 34:29-35)

He Is Omnipotent

Isaiah 40:12-14 (See Romans
11:34 and I Corinthians 2:16)

He Is Omniscient

I Corinthians 2:10,11
Isaiah 40: 13,14

He Is Omnipresent

Psalm 139:7

He Is Eternal

Hebrews 9:14

He Has The Attributes Of
Personality

Intellect

Romans 8:27, "The
MIND of the Spirit."

I Corinthians 2:10-12, The
Spirit "KNOWS."

Will

I Corinthians 12:11,
"The Spirit WILLS."

Emotion

Ephesians 4:30,
"GRIEVE" not the Spirit

His Self-Cognizance Is
Shown By These Actions:

He Speaks

Acts 8:29; 10:19; 13:2;
21:11

Revelation 2:7,11,17,29;
3:6,13,22

He Teaches

Luke 12:12

John 14:26

I John 2:26,27

Says "I"

Acts 10:20

If the Holy Spirit is a
self-cognizant personality, and is also eternal, then He must be God, for
God is the only eternal being.

Conclusion

"So the
Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God. And yet there are not
three Gods, but one God." (from The Athanasian Creed)

Friday, April 17, 2015

Types in the Bible are a form of prophecy. Here is one that
is central to the fundamental message of God providing the redemption price in
the Bible.

Genesis 15:2 - And Abram
said, "My Lord, What can you give me seeing that I go childless, and the
steward of my house is the Damascene Eliezer?" Eliezer was more like a
business partner who would inherit Abraham’s estate if Abraham did not have his
own offspring.

Genesis 22:1-19

The offering of Isaac is a
recognized “type/prophecy” of God the Father (represented by Abraham) sending His
only begotten Son (represented by Isaac) to die for our sins. But there is far
more to this type acted out by Abraham of God’s plan of salvation which
demonstrates at the very beginning of Israel as God’s Chosen People that
He would send Jesus to die and rise from the dead. Consider how could such a
plan be told in such detail 2000 years before the time of Christ?

The plan of salvation, acted
out by Abraham, was fulfilled in the death and resurrection of Jesus. After His
death Jesus appeared to many of His disciples and then ascended to heaven (Acts
2). Since His death the Church has been established by God the Holy Spirit
calling out those in the world, both Jew and Gentile, to be the Bride of Christ
(2 Corinthians 11 and John 14:16,17) “And I will pray
the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter (paraclete = helper,
comforter, advocate), that he may abide with you for ever;Even
the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not,
neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in
you.”

Genesis 22 (italics and
underlining mine)

And it
came to pass after these things that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him,
Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac,
whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him
there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
(This mountain [ridgeline] has three
peaks, Mt.Zion
on the south, the TempleMount, and Golgotha to the north of the TempleMount).

3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his
ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the
wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God
had told him.

4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw
the place afar off.

5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the
ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and
laid it upon Isaac his son; (typifies
Jesus carrying His cross to Calvary) and
he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.

7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My
father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the
wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself (provide FOR Himself, or provide HIMSELF?)
a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and
Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his
son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. (Abraham KNEW God had to resolve this command by either resurrecting
Isaac, or providing an alternative, because God had promised descendents
through Isaac.)

10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to
slay his son.

11 And the angel of theLord (probably Jesus Himself) called unto him out of heaven,
and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do
thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast
not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold
behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns (not by his wool for that would have made the ram unclean for sacrifice):
and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in
the stead of his son.

14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as
it is said to this day, In the mount of theLordit shall be seen (2000 years later).

15 And the angel of theLordcalled unto Abraham out of heaven
the second time,

16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith theLord, for because thou hast done this
thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:

17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I
will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is
upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be
blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

19 So Abraham returned unto his young men (where is Isaac? Why is he omitted from the
story of Abraham coming down the mountain? Because Christ ascended to heaven
after His resurrection), and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

Continuing
the “type/story” in Genesis 24 Abraham calls Eliezer and makes him promise to
go to Haran to
find a bride for Isaac. Eliezer returns later with Rebekah. The name Eliezer
means “helper.” So Eliezer is a type of the Holy Spirit calling out a bride
(Rebekah) for Christ.

In these
events in the life of Abraham we see the Trinity (Abraham = Father; Isaac =
Jesus; Eliezer = the Holy Spirit), the Church (i.e., Rebekah = the Bride of
Christ), the death, burial, resurrection and ascension of Jesus, and on the very
ground God set aside for it long before. These “types” are prophecy in story,
in history, and even in people’s names. This is the kind of internal unity that
convinces me the Bible is from a divine author. The Jews, who killed the
prophets and even Jesus, would not even know they were writing God’s plan of
salvation when they lived this, and wrote this.

But the
above is just a tiny sample of many such “hidden below the surface” types.